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...The 1953 film Little Fugitive chronicles the adventures of a seven-year-old boy on the lam in Coney Island and his encounters with automatons, carnival barkers and an assortment of looming adults....
...“Xi Jinping needs to divert attention because of domestic dissatisfaction,” said Willy Lam, an expert in Chinese politics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong....
...As they have acquired this affluence, the interior design maven and her financier husband James Wolf have developed a taste for contemporary art....
...James, how big of a moment is this? James PolitiIt will be a big moment because the Fed launched the latest bond-buying programme and right at the start of the pandemic....
...“It is political persecution and revenge on Lam Cheuk-ting and Ted Hui,” said James To, another lawmaker from the Democratic Party....
...James Spigelman, an Australian judge, resigned from the court in September....
...Key implications: SMIC relies heavily on foreign suppliers of semiconductor manufacturing machinery, including Applied Materials, Lam Research, KLA and Teradyne of the US, as well as ASML of the Netherlands...
...Former lawmakers James To, Andrew Wan, Lam Cheuk-ting, Wu Chi-wai, and Roy Kwong were also among those arrested....
...Upshot: Three US companies — Applied Materials, Lam Research and KLA — along with ASML of Europe and Tokyo Electron of Japan have long dominated the fabrication process for advanced semiconductors....
...Chief executive Carrie Lam said NPJs helped “maintain a high degree of confidence in [Hong Kong’s] legal system”....
...Ms Lam is under intense pressure following months of anti-government protests last year....
...Since the new law was imposed, dozens of key pro-democracy figures have been detained including two lawmakers, Lam Cheuk-ting and Ted Hui, detained hours after Ant filed for its IPO....
...Carrie Lam has been deeply unpopular for the duration of the Hong Kong demonstrations....
...Additional reporting by Yuan Yang in Beijing and James Politi in Washington...
...Sharing growth is in everyone’s interest, writes Raghuram Rajan in the FT.Read more Tokyo talk The best trade stories from the Nikkei Asian Review Toyota Motor is reissuing parts for the 2000GT, James...
...Ms Lam has already acceded to another of the protesters’ demands, pledging to withdraw a controversial extradition bill....
...The security provisions appear to sweep away the autonomy that made the territory Asia’s financial centre, writes our global China editor James Kynge....
...Just by coming here, I’ve broken the law already,” said a protester who identified himself only as James....
...Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s chief executive, who will lead an elite government delegation from the territory to join in the national day celebrations in Beijing, has withdrawn the bill and tried to start a dialogue...
...John James, managing director of London-based Soho Estates, said on Wednesday: “We know that we must avoid a situation of empty high streets at all costs.”...
...—David L, finance, London, UK Dukes Bar is said to have inspired Ian Fleming for James Bond’s signature martini....
...“Vietnamese companies going regional is one of the themes we look at,” said Don Lam, chief executive of VinaCapital, which launched a $100m venture capital fund dedicated to Vietnam last year, its second...
...Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam, has insisted the bill will be pushed through....
...One executive said they’ve even warned Lam about the trend and the risk that capital flight will pick up if the unrest doesn’t subside. Here’s the FT story on the matter....
...James Tien of the city’s pro-establishment Liberal party, says he believes just the withdrawal of the bill and an inquiry might be enough to satisfy some members of the movement....
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